{"id":1717037,"date":"2022-10-30T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717037"},"modified":"2022-10-30T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:06:21","slug":"new-disney-short-film-reflect-helps-plus-size-girls-feel-good-about-dancing-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-disney-short-film-reflect-helps-plus-size-girls-feel-good-about-dancing-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Disney Short Film \u201cReflect\u201d Helps Plus-Size Girls Feel Good About Dancing, Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-disney-short-film-reflect-helps-plus-size-girls-feel-good-about-dancing-diabetes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Disney Plus streaming service has released a short film entitled <em>Reflect<\/em>, which tells the story of a plus-size young girl named Bianca, as she \u201cbattles her own reflection, overcoming doubt and fear by channeling her inner strength, grace and power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney has faced criticism in the past for featuring movies with healthy princesses that many consider unrealistic standards for young girls. Bianca is the first plus-sized \u201cprotagonist\u201d to be featured in a Disney film (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sethjlevy\/status\/1585696252536434688?s=20&#038;t=4pzdfQleoj77_QRVyBoYSQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apparently not counting Russell from <em>Up<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187229\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.46-boundingintocomics-635c3f98ca67e.png\" alt=\"Hopeful Russell from Disney Pixar&#039;s Up looks at someone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.46-boundingintocomics-635c3f98ca67e.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.46-boundingintocomics-635c3f98ca67e-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.46-boundingintocomics-635c3f98ca67e-768x410-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.46-boundingintocomics-635c3f98ca67e-750x400-1.png 750w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UP Pixar YouTube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/10\/13\/rachel-zegler-says-shes-bringing-a-modern-edge-to-disneys-live-action-snow-white-shes-not-going-to-be-saved-by-the-prince-or-dreaming-about-true-love\/\">Rachel Zegler Says She\u2019s Bringing A \u201cModern Edge\u201d To Disney\u2019s Live-Action \u2018Snow White\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Focusing on a heavy character makes financial sense for Disney, as studies have indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obesity_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">almost 58% of Americans are either overweight or obese<\/a>, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/adult.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase in obesity percentages from 30.5% to 41.9% in the last twenty years<\/a>. This means this ample demographic consists of roughly 191.6 million Americans, almost equal to the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Partisan_affiliations_of_registered_voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registered Republicans (36.4M), registered Democrats (48M)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/PST045221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African-Americans (45.1M) and Hispanics (62.6M)<\/a> in this country COMBINED.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090827051121\/http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\/obesity\/childhood\/prevalence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The CDC also reports that obesity rates among young girls Bianca\u2019s age have doubled in the past 20 years<\/a>. Similar reports stress that girls on a plus-sized adventure like Bianca will eventually face severely increased risks of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187231\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.52-boundingintocomics-635c40f7e2a69.png\" alt=\"Bianca from Disney&#039;s Reflect jumps into purple vortex\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.52-boundingintocomics-635c40f7e2a69.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.52-boundingintocomics-635c40f7e2a69-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.52-boundingintocomics-635c40f7e2a69-768x410-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-08.52-boundingintocomics-635c40f7e2a69-750x400-1.png 750w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflect via Dynamic Feed YouTube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The film\u2019s focus on Bianca\u2019s ability to overcome her overweight reflection through ballet is highlighted as she gracefully dances through colorful visuals on limber legs. It\u2019s a wonderful contrast to Bianca\u2019s future, as her legs will be one of the things she ultimately might lose from crippling type 2 diabetes. Studies have shown about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/diabetes\/diabetes-amputation#is-it-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">130,000 Americans undergo amputations from diabetic complications annually<\/a>, and recent research has indicated that \u2018major\u2019 diabetes-related NLEA (nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations) for young adults like our heroine have <a href=\"https:\/\/diabetesjournals.org\/care\/article\/42\/1\/50\/36321\/Resurgence-of-Diabetes-Related-Nontraumatic-Lower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased by 29%.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The timing of this release from Disney\u2019s \u201cShort Circuit Experimental Films\u201d effort is also perfect as American teenagers have seen weight gains at an \u201calarming rate\u201d during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the number of potential viewers looking for a positive spin on how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2021\/09\/17\/1038211236\/weight-gain-obesity-children-teens-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201c\u2026less opportunity for physical activity and proper nutrition were likely key factors for the increased weight gain.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187256\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.47-boundingintocomics-635c78055f108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1562\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.47-boundingintocomics-635c78055f108.png 1562w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.47-boundingintocomics-635c78055f108-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.47-boundingintocomics-635c78055f108-1340x755-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.47-boundingintocomics-635c78055f108-768x433-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflect via Disney+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/01\/study-finds-video-games-with-sexualized-content-do-not-cause-misogynistic-attitudes-or-body-image-issues\/\">Study Finds \u201cVideo Games With Sexualized Content\u201d Do Not Cause Misogynistic Attitudes Or Body Image Issues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the long-term problems this type of film might inspire, some online commenters felt the overall message of <em>Reflect<\/em> was empowering and needed for \u201clittle ones\u201d in similar situations.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Potter wrote, \u201c16 year old me needed this Disney short before I quit ballet because I didn\u2019t want be the fat girl in class anymore. I\u2019m glad little ones will have this 10\/10 for Reflect!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187233\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187233\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.03-boundingintocomics-635c438a98809.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.03-boundingintocomics-635c438a98809.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.03-boundingintocomics-635c438a98809-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.03-boundingintocomics-635c438a98809-768x146.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MeganPotter_ Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, others pushed back, feeling the open celebration of unhealthy life choices was not appropriate for children\u2026or really anyone.<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Mr. H Reviews tweeted, \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t represent anorexia, Disney, don\u2019t represent obesity either. It\u2019s wrong. #reflect #disney #BodyPositivity is a disease. Fatness is a cancer on society.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187234\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.05-boundingintocomics-635c442b7bcd6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.05-boundingintocomics-635c442b7bcd6.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.05-boundingintocomics-635c442b7bcd6-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.28-09.05-boundingintocomics-635c442b7bcd6-768x146.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MrHreviews Twitter\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As people anchor themselves to their sofas with sweatpants and snacks to watch this new offering about plus-sized challenges from Disney Plus, a reminder that the streaming service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/guides\/tech\/disney-plus-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monthly costs are about to increase to $11 a month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, <a href=\"https:\/\/runrepeat.com\/gym-membership-cost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a monthly membership to a gym costs just $10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.49-boundingintocomics-635c788a72857.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1622\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.49-boundingintocomics-635c788a72857.png 1622w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.49-boundingintocomics-635c788a72857-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.49-boundingintocomics-635c788a72857-1340x715-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.49-boundingintocomics-635c788a72857-768x410-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.29-12.49-boundingintocomics-635c788a72857-750x400-1.png 750w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflect via Disney+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/10\/28\/disney-plus-acquires-exclusive-rights-to-distribute-new-episodes-of-doctor-who-outside-the-uk-and-ireland\/\">Disney Plus Acquires Exclusive Rights To Distribute New Episodes Of \u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Outside 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